'Evolvent' definitions:
- Evolvent \E*volv"ent\, n. [L. evolvens, -entis, unrolling, p.
pr. of evolvere.] (Geom.)
The involute of a curve. See Involute, and Evolute.
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- Involute \In"vo*lute\, n. (Geom.)
A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another
curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See
Evolute.
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